#38979D#38979D

#38979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.088 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38979D
RGBrgb(56, 151, 157)
HSLhsl(184, 47%, 42%)
HSVhsv(184, 64%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(64.3%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(57.47, -25.45, -11.38)
CIE-LCHlch(57.47, 27.88, 204.08°)
OKLaboklab(62.37% -0.0819 -0.0315)
OKLCHoklch(62.37% 0.088 201.1)
XYZxyz(18.7807, 25.4063, 35.8059)
Luminance0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38979D #9D3E38
analogous
#389D71 #38979D #38659D
triadic
#38979D #9D3897 #979D38
tetradic
#38979D #71389D #9D3E38 #659D38
square
#38979D #71389D #9D3E38 #659D38
split-complementary
#38979D #9D3865 #9D7138
monochromatic
#184043 #286C70 #38979D #51BAC1 #7ECCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45
#38979D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08
#38979D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38979D
6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38979D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38979D1.003.456.086.08
#FFFFFF3.451.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0821.001.001.00
##0000006.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8C919E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D859D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009C99
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.088 201.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6b9',
    500: '#38979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38979d;
$custom-light: #7bb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.564,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62368,
    "c": 0.08771,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38979D
secondary
#BA7A76
accent
#5951D7
background
#F8FBFB
surface
#EFF6F6
border
#CAD0D0
text
#0A1111
muted
#7C8080

Preview Lab

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#38979D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva